Hi Kate, I lost my mother in 2010. She passed away from cirrhosis due to her alcoholism. I tried everything I could do to get my mother to stop drinking. My family and I staged interventions and nothing seemed to convince her that she needed to stop drinking. I find myself getting angry at her (even though she is gone) for not stopping. I find myself even feeling guilty thinking that I didn't do all that I could do to get her to stop. I'm only 31 years old and my mother was only 57. None of my friends can relate to me because they have they haven't lost their mothers. I have no one my age that has experienced such a great loss. I have 4 children and two of them are old enough to remember my mother and the other two (twins) won't ever remember her and that hurts my heart so bad. I wish she was here to see them and I wish that they would've had the opportunity to know their grandma. Overall, I think I've done ok with the grieving process; however, as Mother's Day approaches I feel myself getting depressed and just wanting things to be over with. I pray every morning and every night that God will continue to comfort me and strenthen me. I will keep you in my prayers. May God bless all of us that are grieving.